Fortunately, I've always had a stove with a built-in griddle. That's where we do pancakes and on the rare occasion French toast.

I use either my cast iron griddle, or my stainless steel Farberware frying pan (if only because I've gotten used to it when it's all I had for years and years.) Over 20 years ago that pan and I were mentioned in the New York Times for cooking vegan pancakes.

I have an ancient cast aluminum very heavy "sit on the burner" griddle that I have had for many many years. And when My daughter got a new stove, I inherited the built in but removable griddle she had, so I can cover 4 burners with griddle. When you have a bunch of teen aged boys eating pancakes as fast as I can flip, it comes in handy.

I have a Lodge cast iron griddle that covers two burners that I use for pancakes. I also have a Lodge round single griddle pan that I use for toasted cheese. I love them. My husband got me the big griddle when I had two teenage boys and I was trying to keep ahead of them with pancakes! It still does the job with the grandkids.

I have a cast iron griddle that fits over two burners, but lives full-time over the fifth center burner. I use it for toasting, grilling burgers, salmon steaks, corn tortillas for tacos, flour tortillas for quesadillas, as a panini pan for grilled cheese etc.

I do have the new ceramic coated white pans but don't recommend as they can chip easily....as crappy as the old non-stick teflon for endurance though a bit healthier surface.

Cast iron is my go-to and i have many sizes.

I like my small carbon steel #22 for omelets, eggs, and a single grilled cheese.

A cast iron griddle will last for years and years but does take a few seasoning attempts to get the hang of it...a bit of a learning curve.

I have a rangetop with a built-in griddle now but before that I had a cast aluminum griddle that fit over two burners. Mine wasn't an especially heavy or thick one but it cooked like a dream.

I also have one of those griddles that fit over two burners, mine is cast iron. I love it and use it when I need a lot of room, but I also have a small round Griswold griddle that I use when it's just Elery and I, or when the kids want grilled cheese, etc.

Annie

Thanks all for your answers. I do have a Griswold CI skillet, AllClad SS and Anodized Calphalon, but not big enough to keep up with pancakes/french toast for GC. Sounds like I need a griddle.

My built in griddle probably gets as much use as my burners, ...goes waaay beyond pancakes...

I use my large cast iron skillet for flatbreads(naan, tortillas, chapatis), pancakes, grilled cheese & french toast.

I got this one last year. I use it to make pancakes, french toast, grilled sandwiches, and grill meat.

It's reversible. It's not cast iron, though I almost got that kind, but it's just too heavy.

It's been very useful and it goes in the dishwasher and slides into the cabinet with the cookie sheets, with no handle to stick out.

I find that 4 or 5 pancakes or french toast at a time is about all I can pay attention to at once, what with the grandkids offering advice, and trying to multitask breakfast.

We have some really big electric griddles, but we just never use them any more. They just take up too much counter space.

For stew, fried chicken, pancakes and french toast, I use my very old, beat up Teflon coated electric fry pan. I bought a griddle pan to use on the electric range, but the range has a built in slant to it, and so the roundest pancakes are made in the electric skillet.

I love electric skillets and I have bought several....always used but in good condition. I don't like teflon lined anything though. My favorites were Kitchen Craft and Farberware.....stainless steel. I used them a lot when I didn't have a finished kitchen. You can cook just about anything in them.

Cast iron griddle that goes over 2 burners. It flips to a cast iron grill. We have had it for almost 15 years and use it at least 2-3 times per week. I love cast iron

Marilyn, you are right about electric skillets. When the kids were young I bought a conversion van with a back seat that folded down into a bed. I stuck an electric skillet under that back seat and it went everywhere. The motels probably would frown on it, but we cooked everything from eggs to chili to grilled cheese to hamburgers when we travelled. That's the only way I could afford to travel, LOL, plus it was fun to shop the local places and then make our meal.

Now, though, the van is sold, the kids are grown and Elery and I haven't gone on vacation in 5 or 6 years. We do not have similar vacation styles, LOL. He wants to go somewhere and sit and do nothing. He wants to "relax". I want to move every minute, or I'm bored. I love to camp. He hates it. He loves the ocean. Me, not so much. He wants it hot, I want it cool. The only cruise we can agree on is Alaska, LOL. So we just don't go unless we are visiting family.

Annie

Late to comment, but I have a two-burner All Clad griddle that was the one recommended by my range maker. I had a cast iron one, but because cast iron is so less conductive than aluminum or copper, I found it much more uneven (without a lengthy preheat in the oven). However, this one is teflon, and the one I covet is a stainless clad one from Demeyere.